TxDOT on board with GCP Verifi system for ASTM C94-grade loads
A new Texas Department of Transportation Special Provision Specification notes that mixer trucks deploying sensor-enabled slump adjustment equipment meet ASTM C 94, Standard Specification for...
View ArticleDodge report: Heavy civil work outlook brighter than commercial
A Dodge Data & Analytics survey conducted with support from Command Alkon, Birmingham, Ala., and three other technology partners finds that heavy civil contractors, despite Covid-19 staff and...
View ArticleLiebherr tailors self-service plant to small, QR-coded orders
Virginia-based Liebherr USA’s parent company is set for global launch of an automated batch plant especially suiting small professional or do-it-yourself project customers. With output at about 35...
View ArticleMcNeilus shifts production from Dodge Center to Oshkosh, London plants
McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc. has begun a phased move of concrete mixer truck building from its Minnesota flagship to sister Oshkosh Corp. and London Machinery plants in Wisconsin and Ontario.
View ArticleOzinga Energy demonstrates emerging natural gas platform on an F-150
Through a partnership with activated carbon processor Ingevity Corp., Ozinga Energy is delving deeper into diesel and gasoline alternatives to fuel light- to medium-duty trucks for its Great Lakes...
View ArticleHolcombe dispatches volumetric mixers to 45-mile, Arizona border wall site
Holcombe Mixers is providing eight, high payload volumetric mixer trucks in partnership with Fisher Sand & Gravel and Cat Construction to fast-track a wall on Arizona’s southern border—the main...
View ArticleInvestigators probe efficacy of 90-minute discharge window in ASTM C94
Findings in a Ready Mixed Concrete Research & Education Foundation report support reexamination of the 90-minute delivery threshold in ASTM C94, Standard Specification for Ready Mixed Concrete. The...
View ArticleACI taps Geiger veteran for premier Resource Center; extends certification
The inaugural American Concrete Institute Resource Center opens this month in San Bernardino, Calif., charged with coordinating ACI chapter or sponsoring group offerings of direct, on-demand access to...
View ArticleSouth Florida developer debuts innovative forming system in U.S.
The Faith Group, a leading Aventura, Fla. developer, is the first to bring a breakthrough construction technology to the United States. The economical and efficient forming system, which the company...
View ArticleWearable device helps employees keep their social distances
A social distancing and contact tracing device, PariRange can be used to support the health and safety of construction and manufacturing workforces and, in the event of infection, help control spread....
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